Author of books:Candace and Other Stories (1980, short stories)The Bohemians: John Reed and His Friends (1982, novel)The Grandmothers' Club (1986, novel)Fall Out of Heaven: An Autobiographical Journey (1987, memoir)The Light Possessed (1990, novel)The Tennessee Waltz and Other Stories (1990, short stories)Lost and Old Rivers: Stories (1998, short stories)Listening to the Page: Adventures in Reading and Writing (2001, essays)The Fires (2007, short stories)